Elvira Lutz Explained

Elvira Lutz
Birth Date:2 December 1935
Birth Place:Trinidad, Uruguay
Occupation:Midwife, writer, educator
Education:University of the Republic

Elvira Lutz (born 2 December 1935) is a Uruguayan midwife, sex educator, and writer. A feminist activist, she has been an advocate for women's sexual and reproductive rights, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (RSMLAC).

She has received recognition and tributes from organizations such as the Uruguayan Congress of Sexology (2010), the Organizing Commission of the Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting (2017), and the (2019).[1]

Early life and education

Elvira Lutz was born in Trinidad, Uruguay on 2 December 1935. She studied teaching, and moved to Montevideo at age 20.

She attended the University of the Republic's, graduating in 1964.[2]

Career

Lutz began her professional career at the Ministry of Public Health's External Assistance Service and at Hospital Pereira Rossell in the 1960s. In 1968, she joined the Uruguayan Family Planning Association, where she worked on issues related to sex education, alongside her husband, psychologist Arnaldo Gomensoro, until 1992. She was editor of the association's bulletin, Ser Mujer (I Am Woman).[3]

For two consecutive terms, from 1986 to 1990, she was elected permanent secretary of the Latin American Federation of Sexology Societies (FLASSES).[4] In 2002, she was one of the founders of the Uruguayan branch of the Humanized Childbirth Network.

As an educator, she taught courses, seminars, and workshops on humanized childbirth and female sexuality, both nationally and internationally. Likewise, she provided consultancies in projects on family planning, quality of care, and sexual and reproductive health at women's NGOs and private institutions.[2]

From 1985 to 1987, Lutz was the editor-in-chief of Cotidiano Mujer, contributing an article on abortion titled "Why do only men have the floor?" to its August 1985 issue.[3] She is the author of numerous publications on women's rights and female sexuality. In 2018, she published the book Provocaciones de una parteraː pasado, presente y futuro (Provocations of a Midwifeː Past, Present and Future). In the epilogue, she wrote:

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reconocimiento a mujeres que luchan en nombre de todas . Recognition of Women Who Fight on Behalf of All . Departmental Intendency of Montevideo . es . 2019-12-02 . 2022-09-02 . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200323164817/https://montevideo.gub.uy/noticias/genero/reconocimiento-a-mujeres-que-luchan-en-nombre-de-todas . dead .
  2. Web site: Elvira Lutz presenta 'Provocaciones de una partera' . Elvira Lutz Presents 'Provocations of a Midwife' . . es . 2019-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918160005/https://www.extension.udelar.edu.uy/elvira-lutz-presenta-provocaciones-de-una-partera/ . 2020-09-18 . dead . 2022-09-02.
  3. Book: Notas para la memoria feminista: Uruguay 1983–1995 . Notes for Feminist Memory: Uruguay 1983–1995 . Cotidiano Mujer . Montevideo . 9789974852549 . 27, 183 . es . July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200608040917/https://cotidianomujer.org.uy/sitio/attachments/article/1882/Notas%20para%20la%20memoria%20feminista.pdf . 2020-06-08 . dead . 2022-09-02.
  4. Web site: Historia . History . Latin American Federation of Sexology Societies . es . 2022-09-02.

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